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Typically my ancestor, is out there between 1884 and 1886 where there is no specific references for where the regiment are
Sorry the first two are Aldershot and Gibraltar, I left them in as the third line said landed in India.
Thanks for the hint about looking at the regiment Wikipedia says
The 2nd King’s had been on the Indian subcontinent since 1877 and had fought in the Second Afghan War. The Third Burmese War punctuated the battalion’s overseas service in the 1880s. Intent on deposing Upper Burma’s King Thibaw and imposing imperial rule, Britain issued an ultimatum consisting of demands that were rejected as anticipated. The invasion began in November 1885 in the form of the Burma Field Force, which progressed up the Irrawaddy River via transports, enabling the rapid capture of frontier forts and the capital Mandalay. After the capital’s seizure, the battalion provided an escort that oversaw the exile of Thibaw. A guerrilla campaign against the British followed the completion of Upper Burma’s annexation on 1 January 1886, lasting for at least five years. For more than a year, the King’s operated in small groups pursuing guerrillas in the Burmese jungle. Casualties numbered 12 officers and 256 men by the time the battalion had returned to India.
So it’s possible the places are in what is now Myanmar rather than India.
